Recientemente, un usuario nos ha preguntado si existe alguna forma de añadir un salto de línea en WordPress o de ajustar el interlineado entre bloques.
En la mayoría de los procesadores de texto, puedes añadir fácilmente espacios en blanco pulsando varias veces la tecla Intro. También puede crear líneas a doble espacio después de los párrafos desde las opciones de formato. Sin embargo, el editor de bloques de WordPress no tiene esos botones.
En este artículo, le mostraremos cómo añadir fácilmente un salto de línea en WordPress.
Antes de empezar, es importante saber que el espaciado entre líneas está controlado por el tema de WordPress que utilice.
Le mostraremos cómo añadir espacio entre bloques en el editor de bloques, y luego veremos cómo cambiar el interlineado en su tema si no está satisfecho con los resultados.
Tutorial en vídeo
Si no te gusta el vídeo o necesitas más instrucciones, sigue leyendo.
Añadir espacio de doble línea entre bloques
Cuando pulsa la tecla Enter para Windows o la tecla Return para Mac en su teclado para añadir un salto de línea, WordPress lo considera como un nuevo párrafo.
Esto significa que añadirá automáticamente el doble espacio entre líneas, siempre que su tema disponga del estilo necesario para ello (todos los buenos temas de WordPress lo tienen).
Basta con ir al editor de contenidos, pulsar la tecla Intro o Retorno después de la línea y escribir otra cosa en la línea siguiente.
Simplemente haciendo eso, basado en el estilo de tu tema, deberías ver una vaciada distinción entre párrafos.
Añadir espacio de una línea
Ahora bien, si está escribiendo algo como una dirección, probablemente querrá que aparezca a espacio sencillo en lugar de a doble espacio en su sitio de WordPress.
En este caso, tienes que pulsar la tecla SHIFT + ENTER en Windows o la tecla SHIFT + RETURN en Mac.
Esto le dirá a WordPress que quiere empezar una nueva línea dentro de un párrafo existente. Por lo tanto, necesita interlineado sencillo frente a interlineado doble.
Modificación de la altura y el espaciado de las líneas
A veces, aunque añadas el interlineado adecuado en el editor, no se muestra como quieres en tu tema.
Hay dos formas de corregirlo:
- Utilizar un plugin (de forma sencilla)
- Manualmente con código CSS (más avanzado)
Veamos primero el método fácil.
Añadir interlineado con un plugin
Si quieres hacer cambios de estilo en tu tema sin tener que aprender código, usar un plugin como CSS Hero es la mejor manera de hacerlo.
CSS Hero hace que sea fácil cambiar el diseño de su sitio de WordPress sin saber ningún código.
Puedes ver más detalles en nuestra reseña / valoración completa de CSS Hero.
Si quieres hacer cambios más grandes en tu tema, como mover una barra lateral o añadir un pie de página, entonces un plugin editor de arrastrar y soltar sería una mejor opción. Un plugin maquetador de páginas también te permitiría hacer pequeños retoques como cambiar los colores de las fuentes o añadir saltos de línea en WordPress.
¿No quieres usar un plugin, o sólo necesitas hacer este cambio? Entonces, la opción de código CSS manual puede ser la mejor para ti.
Cómo cambiar manualmente el espaciado entre párrafos con código CSS
Para añadir saltos de línea manualmente sin un plugin, necesitas añadir algo de CSS a tu tema.
CSS es básicamente como la característica de formato de Microsoft Word. En lugar de hacer clic en los botones, escribirá código CSS sin formato. No es tan aterrador como algunos principiantes pueden pensar. CSS es muy fácil de entender si sólo sigues las instrucciones.
Para añadir CSS personalizado a tu tema, necesitas visitar la página Apariencia ” Personalizar. Esto iniciará el Personalizador de temas de WordPress, donde debe hacer clic en la pestaña “CSS personalizado” de la columna de la izquierda.
Si no puedes ver estas opciones de menú, es posible que estés utilizando un tema de bloque. Consulta nuestro artículo sobre cómo corregir la falta de personalizador de temas en el administrador de WordPress.
En el cuadro CSS personalizado, debe añadir el siguiente código CSS:
.post p{line-height: 1.5em;}
La regla CSS mostrada arriba cambiará el interlineado del contenido del párrafo a 1,5em. Em es una unidad de anchura para tipografía.
Estamos utilizando la clase .post, que WordPress añade automáticamente al área de contenido de todas las entradas para asegurarse de que solo afecta a las entradas y no a los párrafos utilizados en otros lugares.
Ahora bien, esto solo cambia el espaciado de interlineado simple.
Si desea cambiar el espaciado entre párrafos en WordPress (es decir, doble espaciado), entonces tendría que añadir relleno.
.post p {
line-height: 1.5em;
padding-bottom: 15px;
}
No dudes en ajustar los números a tus necesidades y añadir doble espacio en HTML.
También puedes añadir CSS personalizado a tu sitio utilizando el plugin WPCode. El plugin hace que sea muy fácil de insertar y gestionar el código en su sitio.
Para más detalles, consulte nuestra guía sobre cómo añadir CSS personalizado a su sitio de WordPress.
Esperamos que este artículo te haya ayudado a añadir un salto de línea en WordPress. Puede que también quieras ver nuestra guía sobre cómo usar el patrón de bloques de WordPress y los mejores temas de WordPress compatibles con Gutenberg.
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phil rooksby
I don’t have Additional CSS. I’ve tried all sorts of other ways to alter the paragraph spacing but nothing works, looks a real mess. Help please!!!
Norm
Thank you for the help. I have been looking all over the place, and wanted to do it with a plug-in. You made it so easy. Again, thank you very much.
Maria
Hello! I want to have a simple spacing between my paragraphs and even after pressing enter (for the double space), when I preview the draft nothing has changed (it’s still all one paragraph). Could anyone help?
Rashmi
Hi
I would like to modifying the Line height and Spacing. However there is no ‘editor’ icon ( Appearance » Editor) from theme’s CSS file.
So, what can I do?
Thank you for your reply!
Hannah
Wow. Didn’t know it was so easy. Thank you so much! This double space was driving me crazy!
Christine
Thank you! So much easier!
Donna
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I was in another html editor and could not figure out how to do single spacing.
You saved the day!
Gerard
Brilliant and what an eternal lifesaver.
I was struggling with spacing on one of my client sites and absolutely amazing that you had the exact answer almost at your finger tips. I am now becoming a permanent subscriber
Elandre
Thanks for all the Wordpress tips. This site has helped me a lot with most struggles I had
LR
I am using the Pilcrow theme and I have no idea how to make the double space between paragraphs happen. Sometimes it happens in my posts but sometimes it doesn’t. When I look in the HTML file I don’t see any post p or padding. I only see the end result of what the post will look like and thats when I know the double spacing didnt work. Can I still go back and re-edit and fix it? Last but not least where you say to go from the appearance to editor menus i dont have those options.
I have under appearance the following options: themes, customize, widgets, menus, header, background, AMP, Theme Options, Mobile.
Please help.
WPBeginner Support
Hey LR,
You can add the CSS by visting Appearance->Customize and then clicking on the Additional CSS tab in customizer. See our guide on how to add custom CSS in WordPress.
If you believe it to be a theme issue, then try temporarily switching to a default WordPress theme. If the issue disappears, then you can ask your theme developer for support.
Administrador
Derek Cummings
My theme is broken, as in it doesn’t have the double spacing by default. The theme is stuck on the shift+enter mode in other words. So in relation to the following code:
.post p {
line-height: 1.5em;
padding-bottom: 15px;
}
Is 15px a normal default double space? How many pixels should it be by default? Also doesn’t it matter where I put this code? Thanx!
Femi
Thank you for the tip on the shift + enter. I never knew this for years. Your site has always been a rescue when I get stuck.
Lyn
Hello: How do you get custom line spacing (say, 1.5em) for one instance on one page instead of changing the entire theme CSS? I see two other people have asked the same thing with no response, at least not that I found. Thanks!
Denise B
I set the p margins to zero. In your CSS, it would be something like p {margins: 0; }
Los Hundlos
Shift+Enter to avoid huge gap between lines in wysywig tinye mce editor in wordpress. Works !!!! Awesome!
Cat
How about simply adding some text and changing the text colour to white (if the background is white)? This should make it possible to create and customise line spaces much easier (unless, of course, the background is a picture of something that cannot be matched with font colour).
Tim
Thanks so much! Life saver!
Michael Rich
Hi WPBeginner staff,
I have a different question. I use Visual Composer and have added many Separator with Text dividers between my section headings on my homepage. I would like to make those text headings also be a link to that section.
However everytime I add the link I lose the section identifying text that I had in the separator and it’s magically replaced with the default text saying “TITLE”.
To try to make it a link I am adding a the linking code inside this bracket:
[vc_text_separator title=”1950s CARS”]
I am scratching my head so hard that I think I’m bald. Any help will get you a lifetime of gratitude!!!
Thankyou,
Mike
Anthony Cooper
I am using the WordPress ‘Divi’ theme and found that if you press enter (or shift + enter) twice, in order to create a larger space, it is ignored. To get round this press enter once, type a character on the line, (it does not matter what), highlight it and change the font colour of the character to white and then press enter again; this results in the desired space between lines without having to edit the theme. The same applies to extra spaces in a line; enter as many characters as desired, highlight them and change their font colour to white and then carry on in the desired font colour.
Julie
Brilliant tip! Thanks so much for this, you saved me from lots of headaches and hassle Anthony!
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Linda Paul
Oh yeah! You have just helped me solve a problem (forced single space paragraphs) that has vexed me for years!
WPBeginner Support
Glad you found it helpful
Administrador
David M. Ebersole Sr.
I am a subscriber to WP Beginner.
I had a question concerning entering Engineering data for my product on my site. Spacing in the tables appeared too large on the page. I searched Wordpress support and all I saw was snippy responses to the question of single line spacing.
Your the first to answer the question, and it obviously was correct. Thank You.
Sincerely,
Dave
WPBeginner Support
Glad you found it helpful
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Mark
What about on Android. The latest update has forced a double spacing (new paragraph). Not very good for poetry writers. Is there any way to revert it back to single?
Cheryl
I use Omega Theme and the control/enter does not work. Is there something else I can do. I cannot find post.p in the CSS file.
Becky
Very helpful, thank you!
Adnan Khan
Thanks, this most useful Tip for new wp user
Tina Gleisner
Thanks for the “shift” and enter for single line spacing as I’ve wanted to figure this out for years … and never got around to finding the solution.
Ian
Hi,
This worked for me but the CSS doesn’t do anything in my page…
Will
Same thing happened to me. Is there an updated code to insert?
A. Lougheed
I’m searching everywhere for an answer … when I add a in the text editor, it is removed in the visual editor. Drives me crazy. Does wpbeginner have a recommendation?
Should I add a plug-in to stop this?
I tried a plugin years ago, but I had to go back and re-format every post.
Any link with tutorial or advice is greatly appreciated!
WPBeginner Support
Actually it is also removed from your comment.
Please see our guide on How to add special characters in WordPress posts.
Administrador
Jessica
Whats the code for adjusting line height for one single post?
Bharadwaj
Thank you, Helpful
Samadarshi
Thank you for such wonderful articles
I was completely lost when I started wordpress but now I have a pretty basic idea
Thank u
Neal Umphred
Thanks! This helped me tighten up my posts—except for the first paragraph in each post. For some reason, the lines appear to be double-spaced. Is there a snippet of code that I could add to Edit CSS that would allow me to tighten them?
Neal Umphred
Thanks! Adding the snippet (.post p{line-height: 1.5em;}) to my Edit CSS made my text so much easier to read. Now, here’s my problem: the opening paragraph in each WordPress post has much larger line spacing than the rest of the paragraphs—and it is NOT affected by this piece of line-height code. Is there another snippet of code that I could add to Edit CSS that would tighten up those opening lines?
tiffany
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WPBeginner Support
Thanks for the kind words. We are glad to help.
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Joe Simmons
Thank you! I didn’t know about the “shift+enter” thing either.
Debby
Shift + Enter. Who knew it was that simple! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Gamo Nana
thanks for the single line spacing with SHIFT + Enter
Bob M.
I’d like to thank you for this bit of wisdom (Shift+Enter) too!
JE
Thanks for the tutorial. Although, how can I adjust single paragraph line spacing? I have a 3 word title, centered and stacked in 3 lines. All of the lines have different font size, so the line spacings are inconsistent. I’ve been looking for a way to easily adjust through a text editor tool or plugin.
Any ideas?
Syed Balkhi
We just used a browser search box which you can find by pressing Ctrl + F
Mx
Finding .post p you used a search box. Will you tell me how to find that search box? Thanx4
Jun Han
This is very helpful.
Thanks.
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Karen Surfy Mum
Awesome!! I also have wanting to find out how to do this for ages!!! So simple when you know… cheers xxx
Widdershins
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Thankyouthankyouthankyou
fastow2012
“If you do not find the .post p tag, then simply create one.”
Where? should i just copy/paste it anywhere in the css file?
WPBeginner Staff
preferably at the bottom of the css file.
Mx
Sorry, but I still dont get where to place it. Is is possible to explain it more detailed? Thanx
James
I’ve always wondered how to do this. Thanks for the training.
Valerie
I’m not even a true “beginner” but there are gaps in my knowledge and you have just solved one of the most frustrating things about WP for this writer and Word user… Thank you for this and for all your fantastic info… I continue to learn great things from your posts and your site. Thanks and cheers to you!
kelly
almost four years of blogging and finally!
so awesome, thanks!!